Comments on: eBay Feedback for ‘Skype Founders:’ D-! Awful Transaction. Would Not Buy From Again.

By: Well, Yeah $2 Billion is Low Considering What You Paid for It … | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Wed, 06 May 2009 18:51:05 +0000

[...] And I suppose it is, given that eBay paid $2.6 billion for Skype in October 2005 and subsequently took a $1.43 billion charge on it. [...]

By: Don’t Believe the Skype Hype | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:38:41 +0000

[...] Quite a claim to make about an Internet telephony business for which the company has taken some pretty nasty write-downs, a business which back in January eBay seemed to be looking to divest. But apparently, eBay sees [...]

By: eBay: Take My Skype…Please [Digital Daily] | LinkTouch

eBay: Take My Skype…Please [Digital Daily] | LinkTouch — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:47:50 +0000

[...] the Skype voice service–certainly not enough to justify its hefty $2.6 billion investment and the write-downs that followed it. Even eBay has admitted as much: “I think we are now confident that the synergies between [...]

By: eBay: Take My Skype … Please | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:46:22 +0000

[...] Skype voice service — certainly not enough to justify its hefty $2.6 billion investment and the write-downs that followed it. Even eBay’s admitted that. “I think we are now confident that the synergies between [...]

By: Pop Quiz: If Skype=Hype, Then Facebook=? | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:06:48 +0000

[...] eBay Feedback for ‘Skype Founders:’ D-! Awful Transaction. Would Not Buy From Again. [...]

By: Netzökonom : Ebays Desaster mit Skype

Netzökonom : Ebays Desaster mit Skype — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:24:03 +0000

[...] Zur Erinnerung: Folgendes Interview habe ich am 12. September 2005, dem Tag der Skype-Übernahme, mit der Ebay-Chefin Meg Whitman geführt. Wie sich die Zeiten doch ändern können. Inzwischen empfehlen nicht wenige Analysten, dass Ebay Skype so schnell wie möglich an ein echtes Kommunikaitonsunternehmen verkauft. [...]

By: Netzökonom : Ebays Desaster mit Skype

Netzökonom : Ebays Desaster mit Skype — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:11:44 +0000

[...] Zur Erinnerung: Folgendes Interview habe ich am 12. September 2005, dem Tag der Skype-Übernahme mit der Ebay-Chefin Meg Whitman geführt. Wie sich die Zeiten doch ändern können. Inzwischen empfehlen nicht wenige Analysten, dass Ebay Skype so schnell wie möglich an ein echtes Kommunikaitonsunternehmen verkauft. [...]

By: eBay waves wand, Skype value disappears - - mathewingram.com/work

eBay waves wand, Skype value disappears - - mathewingram.com/work — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:57:04 +0000

[...] As I said in a comment on Paul’s post, I disagree. eBay may very well be motoring along, but the purchase of Skype was an error in judgment, and a fairly expensive one at that. I realize that a $1.4-billion writedown is small beer for eBay, but the fact that the company made such a decision — without any compelling synergies or anything else to justify the price — speaks volumes about the leadership of the company as far as I’m concerned (as usual, John Paczkowski has the best headline). [...]